Shloka 57
युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति
Devanagari script
एको वेदश्चतुष्पादस् त्रेतास्विह विधीयते संक्षयादायुषश्चैव व्यस्यते द्वापरेषु सः
Transliteration
eko vedaścatuṣpādas tretāsviha vidhīyate saṃkṣayādāyuṣaścaiva vyasyate dvāpareṣu saḥ
Translation
Di dunia ini, Veda yang satu disusun menjadi empat bahagian (catuṣpāda) pada zaman Tretā; dan kerana usia manusia semakin menyusut, pada zaman Dvāpara ia disistemkan serta dibahagi lagi oleh Vyāsa.
Word by Word
ekaḥone (single)
ekaḥ:
vedaḥVeda/sacred revelation
vedaḥ:
catuṣpādaḥfour-footed/fourfold
catuṣpādaḥ:
tretāsuin the Tretā (yuga)
tretāsu:
ihahere, in this world
iha:
vidhīyateis arranged/ordained
vidhīyate:
saṃkṣayātdue to decline/diminution
saṃkṣayāt:
āyuṣaḥof lifespan
āyuṣaḥ:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
vyasyateis divided/compiled/arranged by Vyāsa
vyasyate:
dvāpareṣuin the Dvāpara (yuga)
dvāpareṣu:
saḥhe/that (Veda arrangement).
saḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic history of Vedic arrangement to the sages)